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(DFW) Airport Steaming Over Strip Club Neighbor
CBS News ^ | January 6, 2011 | Arezow Doost

Posted on 01/06/2011 6:34:43 AM PST by Zakeet

FORT WORTH – One of the busiest airports in the world will soon be a neighbor to an upscale gentlemen’s club, but some prominent North Texans are trying to shut it down before it even opens.

A new Rick’s Cabaret is about to open near the South entrance to DFW International Airport.

The problem for many is that it’s one of the first things you’ll see going to or from the airport.

The club is expected to open its doors in a few weeks. Owners say their place is going to make the airport sexier.

But for travelers at DFW, the ‘naked truth’ has yet to be seen. The new strip club is trying to get a liquor license from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

Prominent Tarrant County leaders, including County Judge Glen Whitley, are protesting the permit.

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The club will be located between the airport and American’s corporate headquarters.

In a statement, American says the establishment poses a danger to employees and airport passengers.

“It’s not something that you want to see in your area in your neighborhood certainly don’t want to see it at the entrance to DFW” says Whitley.

Concerns over the club include that having a liquor license will cause a spike in alcohol-related crimes and traffic accidents.

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Cloud says if Rick’s Cabaret doesn’t get a liquor license, then they can go ‘BYOB,’ allowing dancers to be totally nude. “Now you got people brining in their 24-pack, they are sitting there guzzling their 24-pack then they are getting in their car and driving, there is no controls.”

(Excerpt) Read more at dfw.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: airport; alcohol; bar
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American Airlines is right ... too much bouncy is not good!

1 posted on 01/06/2011 6:34:46 AM PST by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet
When I lived in CA, there were 3 strip clubs I knew of, in a 3-county area.

Here in TX, I have about 10 within bicycling distance. Texans love their boobies, I guess.

2 posted on 01/06/2011 6:38:04 AM PST by I Buried My Guns (Novare Res!)
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To: Zakeet

LAX had one pretty close, had been there for ages, may still be there.


3 posted on 01/06/2011 6:38:16 AM PST by battlecry
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To: Zakeet

What, the city fathers don’t want the TSA to have competition?


4 posted on 01/06/2011 6:38:33 AM PST by Arm_Bears (I'll have what the gentleman on the floor is drinking.)
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To: Zakeet

Why would they object? The TSA operates a peepshow.


5 posted on 01/06/2011 6:38:55 AM PST by IbJensen ("How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think"-A. Hitler)
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To: Zakeet

If I had to make a choice, I’d take strippers at an airport club over a strip search by the TSA.


6 posted on 01/06/2011 6:39:37 AM PST by Beaten Valve
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To: Zakeet

Offer shuttle bus service from the terminal gates and they will have a winner.


7 posted on 01/06/2011 6:42:07 AM PST by Deaf Smith (I spent all my money on women & booze, the other rest I just plain blew)
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To: battlecry
LAX had one pretty close, had been there for ages, may still be there.

It finally met it's demise a few years ago and the building was just recently torn down...

8 posted on 01/06/2011 6:42:39 AM PST by Beaten Valve
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To: battlecry
LAX had one pretty close, had been there for ages, may still be there.

Yup, one right on Century Boulevard just outside the 405. Or so I heard.....

9 posted on 01/06/2011 6:43:21 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: I Buried My Guns

“Texans love their boobies, I guess.”

I’m developing a real fondness for Texas!

I was in the DFW area long, long ago when I was young and single. They had some of the finest gentlemen’s clubs I’d ever been in.


10 posted on 01/06/2011 6:44:45 AM PST by brownsfan (D - swift death of the republic, R - lingering death for the republic.)
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To: Zakeet

That area is in the city limits of Fort Worth. DFW management needs to go do thier cry baby act at a city council meeting
like the regular residents do they don’t want a particular “type” of business opening up.

It’s only about the visibility of the club. There are others very nearby that are not as visible from the freeway. And they have been there 30 years or more.


11 posted on 01/06/2011 6:46:40 AM PST by NeverForgetBataan (To the German Commander: ..........................NUTS !)
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To: Zakeet
It’s not something that you want to see in your area in your neighborhood

Speak for yourself, pal!

12 posted on 01/06/2011 6:47:35 AM PST by Abin Sur
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To: Deaf Smith
Offer shuttle bus service from the terminal gates and they will have a winner.

LOL, that's probably their plan.

I can't wait to see the "Rick's Caberet" bus cruise by while I'm waiting for the parking shuttle.

Maybe the driver will be one of the ladies in "costume".

13 posted on 01/06/2011 6:49:31 AM PST by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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To: Zakeet

Nah, the real reason is that TSA doesn’t want the competition.


14 posted on 01/06/2011 6:51:40 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Palin 2012: don't retreat, just reload)
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To: battlecry
LAX had one pretty close, had been there for ages, may still be there.

There's a comment attached to the original article that reminded me of something I forgot:

The Frankfurt (Germany) airport had a strip club on one of the lower levels. It may still be there...

15 posted on 01/06/2011 6:52:46 AM PST by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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To: battlecry

Some buddies took me there about 25 years ago. I still have some... um, recollections of things I saw that day. :)


16 posted on 01/06/2011 7:04:28 AM PST by RingerSIX (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccine that they offer down at our Church.)
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To: Zakeet

Let ‘em open. Where else are the pilots gonna get drunk before their flights?


17 posted on 01/06/2011 7:06:04 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: justlurking

It’s still there from the last time I passed through


18 posted on 01/06/2011 7:06:12 AM PST by Leofl (I'm from Texas, we don't dial 9-11)
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To: RingerSIX

Your retina was victimized.


19 posted on 01/06/2011 7:07:29 AM PST by montyspython
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To: Zakeet

In interior billboards in the Reno airport ADVERTISE for “gentlemen’s” clubs.


20 posted on 01/06/2011 7:08:25 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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